Angola | Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)
Official exchange rate refers to the exchange rate determined by national authorities or to the rate determined in the legally sanctioned exchange market. It is calculated as an annual average based on monthly averages (local currency units relative to the U.S. dollar). Development relevance: In a market-based economy, household, producer, and government choices about resource allocation are influenced by relative prices, including the real exchange rate, real wages, real interest rates, and other prices in the economy. Relative prices also largely reflect these agents' choices. Thus relative prices convey vital information about the interaction of economic agents in an economy and with the rest of the world. Limitations and exceptions: Official or market exchange rates are often used to convert economic statistics in local currencies to a common currency in order to make comparisons across countries. Since market rates reflect at best the relative prices of tradable goods, the volume of goods and services that a U.S. dollar buys in the United States may not correspond to what a U.S. dollar converted to another country's currency at the official exchange rate would buy in that country, particularly when nontradable goods and services account for a significant share of a country's output. An alternative exchange rate - the purchasing power parity (PPP) conversion factor - is preferred because it reflects differences in price levels for both tradable and nontradable goods and services and therefore provides a more meaningful comparison of real output. Statistical concept and methodology: The exchange rate is the price of one currency in terms of another. Official exchange rates and exchange rate arrangements are established by governments. Other exchange rates recognized by governments include market rates, which are determined largely by legal market forces, and for countries with multiple exchange arrangements, principal rates, secondary rates, and tertiary rates.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Angola
Records
63
Source
Angola | Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)
3.0E-8 1960
3.0E-8 1961
3.0E-8 1962
3.0E-8 1963
3.0E-8 1964
3.0E-8 1965
3.0E-8 1966
3.0E-8 1967
3.0E-8 1968
3.0E-8 1969
3.0E-8 1970
3.0E-8 1971
3.0E-8 1972
2.0E-8 1973
3.0E-8 1974
3.0E-8 1975
3.0E-8 1976
3.0E-8 1977
3.0E-8 1978
3.0E-8 1979
3.0E-8 1980
3.0E-8 1981
3.0E-8 1982
3.0E-8 1983
3.0E-8 1984
3.0E-8 1985
3.0E-8 1986
3.0E-8 1987
3.0E-8 1988
3.0E-8 1989
3.0E-8 1990
6.0E-8 1991
2.5E-7 1992
2.66E-6 1993
5.952E-5 1994
0.00275023 1995
0.12802917 1996
0.22904008 1997
0.39282352 1998
2.79070617 1999
10.04054417 2000
22.05786167 2001
43.53020667 2002
74.60630083 2003
83.5413625 2004
87.15914167 2005
80.36807206 2006
76.70614275 2007
75.03335417 2008
79.32816667 2009
91.90572034 2010
93.93475 2011
95.46795542 2012
96.51827948 2013
98.30241686 2014
120.06070167 2015
163.65643412 2016
165.91595069 2017
252.85574773 2018
364.82580498 2019
578.25878028 2020
631.44195551 2021
460.56751163 2022
Angola | Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)
Official exchange rate refers to the exchange rate determined by national authorities or to the rate determined in the legally sanctioned exchange market. It is calculated as an annual average based on monthly averages (local currency units relative to the U.S. dollar). Development relevance: In a market-based economy, household, producer, and government choices about resource allocation are influenced by relative prices, including the real exchange rate, real wages, real interest rates, and other prices in the economy. Relative prices also largely reflect these agents' choices. Thus relative prices convey vital information about the interaction of economic agents in an economy and with the rest of the world. Limitations and exceptions: Official or market exchange rates are often used to convert economic statistics in local currencies to a common currency in order to make comparisons across countries. Since market rates reflect at best the relative prices of tradable goods, the volume of goods and services that a U.S. dollar buys in the United States may not correspond to what a U.S. dollar converted to another country's currency at the official exchange rate would buy in that country, particularly when nontradable goods and services account for a significant share of a country's output. An alternative exchange rate - the purchasing power parity (PPP) conversion factor - is preferred because it reflects differences in price levels for both tradable and nontradable goods and services and therefore provides a more meaningful comparison of real output. Statistical concept and methodology: The exchange rate is the price of one currency in terms of another. Official exchange rates and exchange rate arrangements are established by governments. Other exchange rates recognized by governments include market rates, which are determined largely by legal market forces, and for countries with multiple exchange arrangements, principal rates, secondary rates, and tertiary rates.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Angola
Records
63
Source